Category: Miscellaneous

MedTechOne Early Careers Network Summer Meeting (19 June)

We are excited to invite you to the next MedTechOne Early Career Researchers Network meeting on the 19th June 2025, 17:00-19:00 at SALC 10 (Sherfield Building, South Kensington). Our invited speaker, Dr. Maria Leiloglou, will share her experience as a medtech innovator and leader in AI-fuelled hyperspectral imaging for biomedical applications.

Dr Maria Leiloglou is the founder and CEO of EnAcuity. Maria is a MedTech innovator with expertise in development and clinical translation of imaging technology. During her PhD and MSc at Imperial College London, she brought three surgical imaging devices to first-in-human trials. With EnAcuity, Maria’s vision is to empower surgeons to enhance patient care with the world’s first AI-driven hyperspectral imaging solution.

All postgraduate students, early career researchers, fellows, and members of the business school with an interest in medical technology and entrepreneurship are encouraged to attend. Feel free to share it with colleagues who might be interested!

Register your attendance: Fill in this form

Meeting details:

📅 Date: 19th June
🕓 Time: 17:00 – 19:00
📍 Location: SALC 10, Sherfield Building (Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus)

🔊 Speaker: Maria Leiloglou, CEO at EnAcuity and RAEng Enterprise Fellow

About the MedTechONE ECR Network:

The MedTechOne Early Career Network is a forum aimed at addressing the pressing challenges in medtech commercialization, and fostering collaboration and innovation among researchers, clinicians, and entrepreneurs passionate about medtech commercialisation. Our goal is to create a thriving community to engage with like-minded peers, hear from inspiring leaders, and explore how the intersection of research and entrepreneurship can drive impactful medtech solutions.

This networks integrates within the wider MedTechOne  Centre of Excellence at Imperial College London, dedicated to supporting medtech entrepreneurs by addressing challenges such as regulatory hurdles, high development costs, and NHS adoption. MedTechONE also streamlines resources to fast-track medical technologies from research to real-world applications.

Want to join the network?

Email Dr Miguel Paez-Perez at m.paez-perez16@imperial.ac.uk

We look forward to seeing you there.

Kind Regards,

Miguel Paez-Perez, Zejian Cui, Nazia Bharde, Ivet Angelova & the MedTechOne Team

Survey – Postdoc experience and career progression (deadline: 01 July 2025)

This is a survey for a subject in the Postgraduate Programme in Higher Education of the University of Manchester, to identify tools and resources available for postdoctoral STEM researchers and their career progression within UK universities. Your survey is completely anonymous and the data will be only used to elaborate the report.

Take the survey

Survey: Insights into EU Researchers in the UK (deadline: 20 June)

CONNECTS-UK is conducting a survey to better understand the experiences, needs, and opinions of EU researchers currently based in the UK

This survey aims to characterise the EU research community in the UK and gather data on EU researchers’ needs, experiences, and opinions. The findings will inform a public policy report that contributes to policy discussions on EU–UK scientific relations post-Brexit, focusing on themes such as research collaboration, mobility, funding, higher education, and professional networks.

The survey covers the following topics:

  • Mobility and migration

  • Participation in EU research programmes, networks, and funding

  • Research collaborations

  • Higher education and research employment

  • Impacts of post-Brexit policy

  • Linguistic dynamics

CONNECTS-UK invites EU researchers currently based in the UK, at all career stages and in all disciplines, to complete the survey. Broad participation will ensure the data reflects the diversity and realities of the community and will help shape the future of EU researchers in the UK through collective input.

The data will be used to produce an evidence-based report to support policy dialogue. CONNECTS-UK is in contact with policy stakeholders in both the UK and the EU, who have expressed interest in the results and the insights the community can offer.

All responses are anonymous and collected in compliance with GDPR (click here to see how data is handled). No identifying information is requested, and data will be reported only in aggregated form.

Participate in the survey by clicking here

Parental Leave and Time Management at Imperial

The Postdocs and Fellows Committee from the Department of Life Sciences is organising an event about parental leave and time management at Imperial.

The event is divided in two sessions:

 

Session 1: Tuesday 13th of May, from 12:00 to 1.00 pm, South Kensington Campus, Flowers Building, Room G47A/B

This session will feature a panel discussion, where staff across different career point will share their personal experiences and thoughts on parental leave. The aim is to facilitate a conversation about the realities of balancing parenthood and a career, and ways to create a more supportive environment for working parents at Imperial.

Panel discussion:

Victoria Male (Imperial College London)

David Riglar (Imperial College London, Francis Crick Institute)

Vanessa Sancho-Shimizu (Imperial College London, Francis Crick Institute)

 

 

Session 2:  Tuesday 17th of June, from 12 to 1 pm, South Kensington Campus, Flowers Building, Room G47A/B

The second session will involve a discussion with HR representatives, Principal Investigators (PIs), and, if possible, funding agencies. This will provide an opportunity to present the ideas, concerns, and suggestions gathered from the first session, and to hear the perspectives of those involved in policy-making and support systems.

Panel discussion: 

HR representative

Union representative

Funding agencies

Submit questions for the panelists and topic of discussion here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSclv6s60fRNXiihym9tEoGTROyw6mo0JS0cjXSWv9Al1Jib4Q/viewform

 

Coffee and snacks will be provided at the event.

 

 

Women and Non-binary Doctoral Researchers in STEM (WoNDRS) Conference – 7 July

The registration for the Women and Non-binary Doctoral Researchers in STEM (WoNDRS) Conference is now open! This is the second year of the WoNDRS Conference which began at the University of Liverpool in 2024.

The WoNDRS Conference will be held at the University of Liverpool on Monday 7th July and aims to foster a sense of community among PhD and postdoc students from minority demographics.  Registration for the conference is £10. The proposed programme combines a mix of both industry and academic talks followed by a discussion panel. There will be a focus on outstanding work across all STEM subjects, encouraging students to engage in networking and allowing space for women and other gender minorities to be celebrated for their achievements.

The agenda begins at 10am in the Central Teaching Hub and concludes at 4:30pm when we will move to the Oliver Lodge Laboratory for a networking event with drinks and ice cream. The agenda also includes a tea and coffee break and lunch. In line with our effort to reduce our environmental impact, please bring your own water bottle to make use of the refill stations around the facilities.

Registration will be open from 9:45am.

The agenda of the conference:

Welcome and Introduction

Talk I – Rachel Bearon (Mathematical Biology)

Talk II – Holly Reeve (Inorganic Chemistry)

Talk III – Dominika Vasilkova (Particle Physics)

Lunch and Poster Session

Talk IV – Diane Hardy (Chemistry)

Talk V – Saba Khan (Life Sciences)

Talk IV – Esther Garcia-Tunon Blanca (Materials Science and Engineering)

Coffee Break and Poster Session

Panel session

Networking and drinks event on the Oliver Lodge roof.

 

The event has been sponsored by The Institute of Physics (IOP), Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), Liverpool Women in Science & Engineering (LivWISE), PGR Wellbeing Liverpool and, The University of Liverpool.

For any accessibility requirements; questions regarding our diversity, data protection, or sustainability practices; or general concerns, please see our additional information page or contact us.

Registration is £10. Registration closes 19/05/2025 at 5pm!

Registration Link WoNDRS 2025 Registration

Website:  https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/science-and-engineering/outreach/WoNDRS/

Email: WoNDRS_conference@proton.me

Shaping the School of Convergence Science – Sustainability Workshops

Join us for an interactive workshop to help shape the future of the School of Convergence – Sustainability through engaging discussions and collaborative activities. Connect with colleagues, share insights, and explore emerging sustainability trends.

Workshop dates:

Don’t miss this opportunity—register now!

Please note this event is for Imperial Staff members (professional services staff and academic staff).

Exploring precarity in research careers survey

We need your support to better understand and alleviate the precarious nature of fixed-term contracts.

The Action Research on Research Culture project at the University of Cambridge is conducting an online Discrete Choice Experiment to examine how postdocs and ECRs make career choices. The results from this survey will inform policy recommendations aimed at increasing job security at the postdoctoral level.

With only 10-15 minutes of your time, you can contribute to the conversation about contract precarity in the academic sector and help us improve job security for ECRs. As a token of our appreciation, we will donate £2 to a charity of your choice for completion of our survey!

Survey can be completed here.

The Petri Dish: Making Science Social

Welcome to The Petri Dish, we are a community made for scientists, by scientists, to promote more interdisciplinary social conversations for early career researchers.

We aim to bring together scientists from all disciplines across industry, academia and start-ups by providing events, and a space to reach out to people with varying expertise. We hope to not only use this community to talk about our own work and passions, but to use the network to foster relationships and collaborations across disciplines.

Help us tailor TPD to you by filling out our form: https://lnkd.in/e5ibtWnm

If you want to be involved as a team member please reach out to: thepetridish1@gmail.com

Borrow recreational audiobooks and e-books with Libby

Borrow recreational audiobooks and e-books to read on your phone or tablet using the Libby app by OverDrive.

Sign in to OverDrive for access to nearly 600 audiobooks and e-books including bestsellers, prize-winning fiction, and titles in German, Spanish and French.

Download the Libby app to borrow up to 10 titles for 14 days. Titles expire automatically at the end of the loan period so you do not have to return them.

If someone else has borrowed the title you want, just place a hold on it and the service will let you know when it’s available.

You can also use ‘Recommend to library’ to suggest additional titles to purchase. This feature is available in OverDrive (coming soon to Libby).

Libby is only available to Imperial staff and students.